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Definition of Kshatriya

Kshatriya
Kshatriya Ksha"tri*ya, Kshatruya Ksha"tru*ya, n.[Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]

Meaning of Kshatriya from wikipedia

- Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) is one of the four varnas (social orders)...
- Maratha, not a Kshatriya. They noted that Shivaji had never had a sacred thread ceremony, and did not wear the thread, such as a kshatriya would. When Shivaji...
- when Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the fourth Nawab of Awadh, attempted to grant the kshatriya title of Raja to a group of influential landed Ayodhya Kurmis, he was...
- Gujarat Kshatriya, also known as Gujarat Kshatriya kadia/ Kutchi Kshatriya Samaj, and Kadia Kshatriya are a Hindu community mostly in Gujarat and Maharashtra...
- had become the mark of legitimate kshatriya rule. The term rajput has often been used synonymously with kshatriya in past as well as present times. The...
- The Samantha Kshatriyas are a noble community of Kerala, India. They were historically ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and feudal aristocrats (Jenmi) in the...
- Kshatriyas and would-be Kshatriyas: a consideration of the claims of certain Hindu castes to rank with the Rájputs, the descendants of the ancient Kshatriyas...
- as being of the Kshatriya varna. They formed a number of caste organisations using their preferred name, with the Vanniyakula Kshatriya Maha Sangam appearing...
- Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Sunil...
- those belonging to the kshatriya varna. Not only was there a fundamental dispute among scholars on whether any true Kshatriya survived in the Kali Yuga...